[Coral-List] coral bleaching on Dongsha Atoll, South China Sea

[Anne Cohen]

Folks

Loggers deployed by my team conducting a Net Ecosystem Calcification 
(NEC) study on Dongsha Atoll recorded a 4 degree hike in SST between May 
9th and May 23rd on the east reef flat, and bleaching of massive 
Porites. They continue to track the event, both reef conditions and 
coral responses. More details and photos of the bleaching and our 
activities on Dongsha are blogged here: http://dongsha2014.blogspot.com/.

For a regional perspective on the current SST anomaly see 
http://coralreefwatch.noaa.gov/satellite/vs/index.php

Anne.